Would you be surprised to learn that only 3% of the people actually have goals. Of those 3% that have goals, only 1% look at those goals on a daily basis.

You have probably tried goal setting at some point in your life. If you’re like a normal person, you got bogged down with the process.

How do I know, you ask? It’s simple…I’ve been there many times. Like most people I learned goal setting in the work environment. Have you ever experienced this?

If you have you most likely learned two valuable lessons like I did. First, you want to make money or save money and second, you want to do this in a year or less.

What you really learned was FEAR!

OMG…then it’s time for the goals report to your boss. How can you make this sound good? You can’t! What can you do?

Lie!

Am I telling you a lie? Is this not what most people learn about goal setting?

(Be afraid…really, really afraid!)

Therein is the problem with most personal goal setting! When someone even mentions the word goal, our heart skips a beat. We feel like we’re going to be sick. We put up the pen and paper and promise we will do it tomorrow.

Tomorrow Never Comes!

The reality is if you want to succeed you must get up and get started. How you set goals is more important than anything else in the goal setting process.

Now, just give me three big goals! But you say, “No! It’s too hard!” But that’s what all the top guys tell you to do.

Don’t despair! There’s a better way!

Set small goals, and don’t give up the first week. Let me show you an example to help you see that it doesn’t have to seem so scary.

Say you want to lose 40 pounds. Most people would tell you to write down your goal something like this: “I will lose 40 pounds by April 1st.” Sounds really good, doesn’t it?

Here’s the problem: you’re out of shape, you haven’t done any kind of weight loss program or diet in years. You want to jump out there and try to lose the most weight in the shortest period of time. You think to yourself, “You know my class reunion is in April and I have to look my best!”

Unless you have the greatest degree of self control, it’s not going to happen! You can wish all you want but…wishing will not make it come true…only action will.

No one has taught you this way to set goals. But it’s easier and a whole lot more fun to set short-term goals in order to reach higher ones.

Small, Not Large Short Term Goals!

Break Your Goals Down! You start out to modify your thinking and change your habits. Write down something like, “I will walk 10 minutes a day.” It’s a simple goal and anyone can do it.

Anyone can do that you say? That’s the point! Anyone can do it, therefore the more you do it the more it burns into your mind and reprograms the mind.

From here you make small incremental increases to your now established routine. Walk for twenty minutes…next week…add 10 pushups. At some point you may want to hit the weights, but remember, baby steps…break down the goal…don’t try to eat the whole elephant in one meal.

Lao Tzu said “a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.” Take that step today…and another tomorrow…and one day you’ll look back and discover that you’re goal was just the beginning to the person you’ve now become.

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